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Breast Cancer Drugs Limit Post-Surgery Recurrence
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 22 (HealthDay News) — A new head-to-head study finds the chemotherapy drug docetaxel (Taxotere) beating another, v…
The Fight Against Birth Defects Starts Early
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 22 (HealthDay News) — Alicia Clendennin of Quaker Hill, Conn., was 18 weeks’ pregnant when routine blood tests rev…
Glucosamine, Chondroitin Not Much Help For Arthritic Knees
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 22 (HealthDay News) — The dietary supplements glucosamine and chondroitin, taken by millions of people with aching…
Time Crucial in Anthrax Cases
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 22 (HealthDay News) — Speed is key to saving the lives of people infected with anthrax, a new U.S. study concludes…
Schizophrenia Drug Might Curb Addiction
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 22 (HealthDay News) — The antipsychotic drug trifluoperazine — used to treat schizophrenia and other kinds of men…
U.S. Health-Care Costs to Go Up — Way Up
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 22 (HealthDay News) — Predictions that health-care costs in the United States will rise dramatically as the populat…
Loud Music Helps Drive Ecstasy Brain Damage
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 22 (HealthDay News) — Research with hard-rockin’ rats suggests that loud music extends the harmful brain effects o…
Stress in Early Pregnancy Linked to Miscarriage
TUESDAY, student loan calculator Feb 21 (HealthDay News) — Pregnant women who are stressed out during the first three weeks after conception are nearly th…
Westernization Driving Up South Korean Breast Cancer Rate
TUESDAY, Feb. 21 (HealthDay News) — Westernization may be contributing to the rise in breast cancer among South Korean women, resea…
Two Drug-Coated Stents Perform Equally Well
TUESDAY, Feb. 21 (HealthDay News) — Surgeons use them to open clogged arteries, but a major European study finds no significant di…